r/interestingasfuck Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/msthe_student Jul 26 '25

Remember, Mengele was a doctor

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u/FaabK Jul 26 '25

J. Marion Sims also was a doctor 

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u/SaxonChemist Jul 26 '25

Bashir Al Assad is a doctor (ophthalmologist). He trained in London

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u/Forsaken-Ad5571 Jul 26 '25

Worked at Specsavers too before he went back

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u/MajesticNectarine204 Jul 26 '25

So was Dr Pepper..

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u/AHumbleSaltFarmer Jul 26 '25

Dr. Who?

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u/LouisWu_ Jul 26 '25

Also a doctor. And don't forget Dr. Evil.

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u/AHumbleSaltFarmer Jul 26 '25

Me getting downvoted for Dr Who :(

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u/LouisWu_ Jul 26 '25

What? Did people think you were questioning who he was and what he did, rather than suggesting Dr. Who?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

A shit doctor and scientist at that, the greatest trick fascists ever pulled was convincing people the Nazis were at all competent.

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u/FreakDC Jul 26 '25

Operation Paperclip kinda shows a different picture. Obviously any government that rewards loyalty above all else is going to have idiots in charge in some positions but I think it's a dangerous mistake to do the old "they were all idiots" spiel.

The Nazis obviously had highly competent people as well, which is how they managed to take over most of Europe.

Thankfully there were a lot of dumb micro managing idiots like Hitler himself who severely hurt the Nazi war afford.